Clip for pens or pencils.



$All/[ES WALTER GEEENBAUM, O1? VJEST IiGBGK'EN, NEVJ JERSEY.

CLIP FOR PENS 075, PENCILS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 6, 1912. Serial No. 8824302.

Be it known that 1, JAMES Winnie:(inner:- 12min, a citizen of the llniterl States. Poul residing at; 401 ltt'onastery street, lVcst llohoken, llllLlSOl'l county, l ltzito oi New Jer soy, have invented certain new 21ml ueelul lll'l[)I'OYQHHTllS in Clips for Pens or Pencils, t'ully (l(. (.'l'll')('(l :uul repreeeutetl in the t'ol lowing slleti'lieittion tlntl the accompanying drawings, 't'orming a [)tll't oi the some.

My intention relates; to on improveo'lent in :1 clip for holding" :1 pen or pencil in the pocket, the pen or pencil being at; all times available for instant use.

The improvement nearly eliminates the Wear of the cloth upon the outside of the pocket where the clip grips the some.

l[ have found that in the common clip where the free end of the spring is provided. merely with a smooth piece of metal, or is turned out to allow the passage of the cloth between such end and the pen-holder or pencil, considerahle frit-tion is intlueetl and the cloth is naturally chated Rtltl in time the outside edge of the pocket is worn away and the garment, disfigured.

My invention overcomes the above detect; by providing the free enrl. of the Spring with a roller, thus permitting the cloth to pass between the pen'or pencil and the clip Without: the usual rubbing, thus tliininisl'aing the wear upon the cloth.

My invention provides 21, cheap and ellicient clip as shown in the accompanying drawing of which:

Figure 1 is a front elevation showing" the clip removably attached to a pen or engaged with the cloth of a pocket. Fig. 2 is :1 cross section, where hotchecl on line 11 in Fi 1., and shows the nib and. part of the penbarrel in full lines. Fig. 3 is {L front elevet-ion showing another means of removahly attaching the clip to the pen-holder or pencil. Fig. 4- is a cross section, where hatched, on line 2-2 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a cross section on line 3-3 in Fig. Fig. is a cross section, where hatched, taken on line 1, 1 in Fig. 1. Fig. 5" is :1 front: elevation of the pen clip permanently attached to 21 pen-hol ler. Figs. 6 and 7 show modifications of the invention.

Several constructions of clip are shown, all of them adapted to carry the anti-trio tion roller, by means of a pivot of some c0nstruetion upon the tip of the spring.

In F igs. 1 and 2, the spring a is formed l ig. It shows the epring; with urine n lnptml to euihro o elastically the pen mp 01 penhohler. so net to he :applie 'l resspect'ii e ly' thereto in the well known muuo r. i

The pivot for the roll shown in hip; 1 in l'ormorl hy howling inwurtlly the opposite curls r; of a lorlii :it the owl of the Spring, such iuwzuvlly hoot Nuts 0 ioriuiug journals b t, i t th pposite eiuls of it roller to hold it loosely in place and permit its rotte tiou so es to pose eueily over the cloth It, as shown in i igl's. 1 Illiti, "l se ne forked eomlrut'tion the the zivot holtl the i i (Z rotntohlv.

Fight 1- 2: (l show im'i'netl with en; 0 eitle oi the eprineu W1 For the roller o. -'l through the (are untl ter rotfltuhly. Th the inner shle ot I: in. o 1 lows the roller is entirely czmeonleti.

The clip CMlF-JtSiilfllI of :1 spring a, pro-vitleti with arms a, uni the ends; of the arms a hent in *tml to lit into apertures; (Z2 in the pen-hohler or penc l, furnishes :1 very cheap moons of securing: the spring; riggitliy anti semi-tlet:ichuhly upon :1 pen-cap.

iesse arms i hen Stnmpcti 't'rom the (lQSlLQti metal the arms a are inurle elastic, in which case their enrls are sprung into the holes (4 in the penhohler or pencil or of nmlloehlc metal nuulo primarily with sullicicnt (lir'stenee between them to permit the insertion of the penhohler or pencil, and the arms then hent inwarrl until their entls (5 are pressed into the holes 0. thus holding: the spring .9 rigidly in position ulcngzf the cup of the pen.

I (lo not, however, confine my invention to the ohove means for fastening the clip to a pen-holder or pencil. hut may use other means such as shown in Fin". 3 of the drawing-where the clip is heltl on by elastic en? circling :HHm peru'iittingg" it to he slid on and oil the pen-hohler or pencil; or by the rivets 64" shown in Fig. 5 of the drawing, which secure the clip permanently "to the pen-cop.

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